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Sage Parashara, who is credited with the famous Parasara
Samhita, is the father of Sage Veda Vyasa. The story of the birth of the Sage
is very interesting. Sage Parashara was the son of Sage Shakti and his wife
Adrsyanti. Sage Shakti was the son of Sage Vasishta.

Legend has it that once a king named Kalmasapada met Sage
Shakti in the forest on a narrow path. False pride made both of them not to
give way to each other. The king got angry and whipped the Sage. The Sage who
was overtaken by anger cursed the king to become a demon.
This incident happened when Sage Vishwamitra had intense
grudge towards Sage Vasishta.
Sage Vishwamitra who came to know about the incident took
advantage of the situation and admitted a fierce demon name Kimkara into the
body of the King. The king now became a puppet of the Sage.
The demon killed and devoured all the sons of Vasishta
including Sage Shakti.
A saddened Sage Vasishta lost all hopes that all his
teachings will be lost forever. He had taught all …

The jiva is nothing but the embodiment of Satchidananda. But
since Maya, or ego, has created various upaadhis (masks of names and forms), he
has forgotten his real Self.

When one attains perfect knowledge, then one finds that
dying and killing are one and same thing, that is to say, both are unreal.
Remember that daya, compassion, and Maya attachment, are two
different things. Attachment means the feeling of ‘my-ness’ toward one’s
relatives…Compassion is the love one feels for all beings of the world. It is
an attitude of equality…But one thing should be remembered: Maya keeps us in
ignorance (of our divine nature) and entangles us in the world, whereas daya
makes our hearts pure and gradually unties our bonds and attachments. Sri Ramakrishna